Whoo hoo!!! I started...like literally JUST STARTED...Suzuki Violin Book 4!!! I am learning my first Concerto! I'm so excited! When I was younger, I played piano for two-and-a-half years before I started violin. I have currently been playing violin for almost 2 years now and I love it! Haha, I really look up to people who have been playing violin since they were 5, lolz. Anyway, the violin is so incredibly awesome for a number of reasons:
1) It's portable, and the cases are really pretty :D
2) It can be manually tuned and develops your ear for music (which I personally view as an amazing skill)
3) You can be expressive while playing the violin in a way you can't on other instruments
On the other hand...my teacher just added a lot, and I mean a lot, of shifting into my already difficult etude peice. Etude. Etude. ETUDE. Sounds omninous doesn't it? They are pretty annoying, but they build character! Just like eating your vegetables or walking the dog in the rain builds character...but not in the same way. Haha! But my new Concerto balances things out. Yep, well that's about the only REALLY awesome thing going on in my life right now (besides my obession with Jesus Christ) :D :D :D
~Anna
WOW Anna. I had no idea you were already in book 4. There are some seriously cool pieces as you get into book 4 and 5. I LOVE the Vivaldi a minor concerto in book 4...the 4th piece. And concertos can be really cool because they're SO expressive. I'm learning a concerto right now, too, and I love it because the piece is so expressive.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I just listened to all the songs on the CD and when I got to the first Vivaldi in the book I was like...that sounds familiar! It must be the one you are talking about. The Intermediate III ensemble peeps play it all the time. :D
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